Coun6360 week - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Question: A neuropsychological assessment is most likely to be used in which of the following situations? 2. Question: Match the law or act with the most appropriate description. 3. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test, he or she is achieving at the 7.2 grade level. 4. Question: Environmental assessments have a distinct advantage in that they: 5. Question: The Exner scoring system for the Rorschach relies on all of the followin...

Selecting an assessment to use with a client can be an important part of a counselor’swork. A first step is to conduct a comprehensive assessment and identify the client'spresenting problem. A common assessment used in this stage is an intakeassessment. For this assignment, you will complete an intake assessment using one ofthethreecasestudypresentations,identifyamentalhealthissue,andrecommendoneformalassessment you mightuseto helpdiagnosisthe client. ToPrepare: • CompletetheRequiredReadi...

1. Question: A neuropsychological assessment is most likely to be used in which of thefollowing situations? 2. Question: Match the law or act with the most appropriatedescription. 3. Question: If a child is in grade 4.3 and receives a grade equivalent of 7.2 on an achievement test, he or she is achieving at the 7.2 gradelevel. 4. Question: Environmental assessments have a distinct advantage in thatthey: 5. Question: The Exner scoring system for the Rorschach relies on all of the followingEXC...

This exercise will provide you with an abbreviated experience of how an apperceptiontestworks.Youwillbeassessedononeitemandthesystemwillautomaticallyevaluateyour responses and return results immediately. As you complete this exercise, considerhow this experience of evaluation feels to you, and consider how this could feel forclients. ToPrepare: • Review the Thematic Apperception Test example, “Psychology of Words:ProjectiveTestsofWordsandLanguage,”foundintheLearningResourcesforthisweekan...

1. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the BDI-II? 2. Question: Which of the following is NOT a strength of informal assessment techniques? 3. Question: "When a test has been shown to produce consistent test results, it has which of the following?" 4. Question: PL 94-142 and the IDEA asserted: 5. Question: It is unusual to find one conducting an observation of an individual that includes botheventand timesampling. 6. Question: Aspartofagraduates schoolprogram'scomprehensiveex...

Youhavelearned somedifficulttopics andtakenat leastone quiz.As youlearnaboutpsychometrics,youwilllikelyhavequestionsabouttheseconcepts.Usethisdiscussionspacetopostquestionsandhelpclarifythingsfor yourpeers.Yourpeersandyourinstructorcanprovidesupportandencouragement–andyoucanofferthesametoyourcolleagues. ToPrepare: • Reflect on the concepts from the quiz, textbook, and other resources that youunderstand • Identify whatconcepts from the quiz,textbook, and otherresourcesthatyoudonotyetunde...

1. Question: Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic test? 2. Question: Which of the following was NOT a result of the Jaffe v. Redmond case? 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT found in a mental status report? 4. Question: Before people attempt to take their own lives or that of someone else, their thoughts and actions often lie along a continuum. Rank order the following items along this continuum. 5. Question: A student received a score on a norm-referenced standardized test tha...

Youhavelearned somedifficulttopics andtakenat leastone quiz.As youlearnaboutpsychometrics,youwilllikelyhavequestionsabouttheseconcepts.Usethisdiscussionspacetopostquestionsandhelpclarifythingsfor yourpeers.Yourpeersandyourinstructorcanprovidesupportandencouragement–andyoucanofferthesametoyourcolleagues. ToPrepare: • Reflect on the concepts from the quiz, textbook, and other resources that youunderstand • Identify whatconcepts from the quiz,textbook, and otherresourcesthatyoudonotyetunde...

1. Question: Which of the following is a type of criterion-related validity? 2. Question: Based on your readings in the text, special aptitude tests can be found in all of the following areas EXCEPT: 3. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the Self-Directed Search? 4. Question: Concurrent and predictive validity are types of: 5. Question: On the MMPI, which of the following is NOT a validity scale? 6. Question: Which cognitive ability test measures "analytical abilities throug...

In the video, “It’s not about the nail,” you may initially feel confident about what you areseeing. But things are not always what they seem. For this Discussion, view the video,and note your observations. Rather than attempt to make a diagnosis, focus on whatyouareseeing.Forexample,insteadofnotingthatthe clientisdepressed,observethattheclientappeared sadasevidencedbycrying, lowered head,orslow speech. ToPrepare: • ReviewtheLearningResourcesforthisweek,includingthevideos. • Startth...